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Radio 3,02 Jun 2020,14 mins

SeriesIslands

Jura

The Essay

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Poet Kenneth Steven finds inspiration in Scotland's west coast islands. Each memoir concludes with a poem written about the island he has visited. 2. Jura: two majestic mountains and a whirlpool, where George Orwell found inspiration for 1984.

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